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Bl. Jan Beyzym

Missionary to Madagascar and servant of people with leprosy

Current Church statusBlessed
Feast / commemorationOctober 12
Remembered asMissionary to Madagascar and servant of people with leprosy
BirthplaceBeyzymy
Country / regionPoland
Period1850–1912
Religious familySociety of Jesus

Life and historical setting

Jan Beyzym (1850–1912) is remembered in the Church as missionary to Madagascar and servant of people with leprosy. The supplied Catholic source associates this life with Beyzymy.

Documented offices and forms of service associated with Jan Beyzym include Catholic priest, regular priest, missionary. The religious family connected with this vocation is Society of Jesus.

Jan Beyzym's apostolate included ministry in Ternopil and the famous school in Khyrov. Jan Beyzym was born on Jan.

Jan Beyzym's service reached their children get an education. The founding of in Paris – 1880 = 1890-— 1900 1910 1920 —1930 ution starts Empire A Beldium became part of Jan Beyzym's lasting work.

The enduring witness of Jan Beyzym is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, prayer and contemplation, and teaching and sacred learning. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.

Vocation and witness

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Gospel encounter and discipleship

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Prayer and contemplation

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Teaching and sacred learning

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Pastoral and ecclesial leadership

The account includes pastoral, monastic, or ecclesial leadership exercised for the good of the Church.

Mercy in action

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Spiritual legacy

The enduring witness of Jan Beyzym is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, prayer and contemplation, and teaching and sacred learning. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.

Prayerful reflection

God of holiness, through the witness of Jan Beyzym, strengthen us in mercy expressed through practical care for people who are poor, sick, forgotten, or vulnerable. Keep our attention fixed on Jesus Christ, and teach us to answer grace faithfully in the duties, relationships, and needs placed before us. Amen.

Historical and liturgical note

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Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.

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